Clip.



v A. L. GALLIGAN.

' CLIP. APPLICATION FILED IUHE I8. 1915.

Liw wa Patented Jan.11,1916.

To all 107mm itmay concern.

ARTHUR L. GALLIGAN, OF KENQSHA, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. til,

Application filed June 18, 1915. Serial No. 34,859.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GALLIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha. in the county of Kenosha and State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful mprovements inClips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic spring structures, and more particularly to the means for uniting the spring units of the structure, the object of the invention being to provide a novel and improved clip for this purpose, which can be easily applied, and which makes" a secure fastening and prevents turning of the spring units and shifting along the tie wires.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure l is a plan view showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clip; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the clip showing its application; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the clip applied, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5--5- of Fig. 3.

The drawing shows a fragment of a metallic spring structure which may be a bed bottom, seat cushion or the like, the springs being denoted by the reference character 5. In assembling the spring units 5they are united to tie rods or wires 6 by means of sheet metal clips, one of which latter is shown in Fig. 2 before it is applied. As shown, this clip comprises an elongated flat web or body portion 7 having opposite, out standing longitudinal flanges 8 and 9, respectively, which are flexible so that they may be bent. The flange 8 has a perforation or opening 10 starting at the junction of said flange with the body portion 7, and extending throughout a major portion of the flange.

The clip is applied to the members 5 and 6 to fasten the same together, by placing said members on the body portion 7 of the clip, between the flanges 8 and 9, and then bending the flanges over so that they lap,

the flange 8 being on top of the flange 9.

Before applying the clip, the contiguous portions of the members 5 and 6 are formed copies of thfigpateut may be obtained for with interlocking outward bends or kinks 11 which latter, when the clip is applied, seat in the openingxlll, whereby the memher 5 is prevented from rotating and is also firmly secured to the member 6 and pre vented from shiftiugalong the same, the seating of the bends in the opening of the clip effectually preventing the latter from shifting along the member 6. The member 5 is also prevented from swinging about the member '6. The im' 'ierforate end portions of the flange S engage the ends of the bends 11 and are connected by an in'iperforateportion which overlaps the flange 9 and reinforces said end portions.

I claim 1. The combination with a metallic spring and a tie rod; of a clip for fastening said spring and rod together, said clip comprising a body portion having opposite out standing longitudinal flexible flanges, one of the flanges having a perfo'ation, the spring and the rod being on the body portion and the flanges being bendable over the same to overlap, the contiguous portions of the spring and the tie rod having interlocking outward bends seating in the aforesaid perforation.

2. The combination with a metallic spring and a tie rod; of a clip for fastening said spring and rod together, said clip comprising a body portion having opposite outstanding longitudinal fiexible flanges, one of the flanges having a perforation, the

spring and the rod being on the body portion and the flanges being bendable over the same to overlap, the -:fontiguous portions of the spring and the tie rod having interlocking outward bends seating in the aforesaid perforation, the imperforate end portions of the perforated flange engaging the ends of the bends and being connected by an imperforate the other flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR L. GALLIGAN.

portion which overlaps Witnesses:

JAMES MILLAR, L. C. MILLAR.

five cents each, by addressing the fiommissioner of Enteritis,

, Washington, D. 

